Residential | July 2018 Build Better Neighborhoods One Green Loan at a Time
Historically, technology has drastically changed the backdrop in which business is done. During the industrial revolution, for instance, new technologies brought about efficiency in manufacturing and ...
By Houtan Hormozian, vice president, Crestico Inc.

Commercial | May 2018 Eco-Consciousness Is Within Reach
The combination of higher interest rates, compressed cap rates and increased operating costs have forced many players in the commercial real estate sector to search for alternatives to save on financi...
By Igor Zhizhin, president, American Street Capital LLC

Commercial | May 2018 The Power of Green
Energy efficiency in buildings is one of the most powerful resources for achieving the world’s environmental goals. It also is an incredible economic opportunity for commercial real estate investors.
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By Panama Bartholomy, director, Investor Confidence Project

Residential | April 2018 Going Green in the Mortgage Industry
Reduce, reuse and recycle. These are the key objectives for going green and making more environmentally friendly decisions. Reducing the use of paper may be the first thing most people think of in a b...
By Susan Graham, president and chief operating officer, Financial Industry Computer Systems Inc.

Commercial | April 2018 Green Financing Benefits Business
Issuance of so-called green bonds, which are backed by mortgages on climate-friendly assets, hit a record $155.5 billion worldwide in 2017. This year, that figure could reach $250 billion to ...
By Chrissa Pagitsas, director, Fannie Mae multifamily green-financing business

Commercial | April 2018 Foster Green Investments
For commercial-property owners, investing in energy efficiency is increasingly moving from a nice-to-have perk to a must-deploy business tool. As energy costs and estimates of energy use within the U....
By Emily McLaughlin, senior associate, Institute for Market Transformation

Commercial | February 2018 Building Green Can Make Dollars and Sense
Case study
Developers in Denver plan to build an 89,000-square-foot
mixed-use complex with a construction budget of $13 million. They are looking
for a way to reduce their equity contributio...
By Brian McCarter, CEO, Sustainable Real Estate Solutions

Commercial | November 2017 CRE’s Future is Uncertain From a Legislative Standpoint
This year seemed to hold potential to be a fruitful one on the legislative front for the U.S. commercial real estate (CRE) industry, with proposals on big issues like infrastructure and tax reform loo...
By Robert M. Brierley, chair and chief electer officer, Buildding Owners and Managers Association (BOMA)

Commercial | September 2017 Capitalize on Opportunity With C-PACE Loans
At a Glance
Things to consider with C-PACE financing
As a mortgage broker accustomed to dealing with commercial mortga...
By Brian McCarter, CEO, Sustainable Real Estate Solutions

Residential | September 2017 Is Green Worth the Green?
Energy costs, advances in technology, environmental concerns or the desire to be on the cutting edge all have driven advances in what are called “green” homes. A growing number of homeowners are inter...
By Michael Dresden, president, Dart Appraisal

Commercial | July 2017 Accelerate Your Energy-Investment Game
Overhauling the United States’ aging commercial-building stock is an ever-present challenge for property owners and managers. Nearly half of all commercial buildings in the U.S. were built before 1980...
By Genevieve Sherman, Head of New Markets and Partnerships, Greenworks Lending

Commercial | June 2017 Energy’s Hidden Risks and Rewards
Residential and commercial buildings accounted for about 40 percent of the nation’s total energy consumption in 2015, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. The $400 billion spent ea...
By Cindy Zhu, fellow in the Building Technologies Office, U.S Department of Energy; and Holly Carr, energy technology program specialist, U.S Department of Energy

Residential | April 2017 Planting the Seeds of Prosperity
Excellent landscaping can increase a property’s value by as much as 28 percent, according to a report in the National Association of Realtors’ online publication HouseLogic. Even good landscaping can ...
By Lara Hermanson, co-founder and principal, Farmscape Gardens